Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz gather together a coterie of extraordinary musicians and bring to life the songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry.
A wonderful album of stripped-down restraint, showcasing the songs as much (if not more) than the singers themselves.
Gavin McNamara takes a listen to the latest album from folk polymath, Jim Moray, and finds what he thinks may well be the album of the year.
Nick Hart's debut album, Nick Hart Sings Eight English Folk Songs, has all the hallmarks of a cult classic in waiting.
From universal themes to the tiniest details, it takes it all in, and the listener who choses to spend forty minutes in its company comes out all the more enriched for it. One of 2020’s must-hear albums.
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones deliver A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon, later than expected but the sooner the better, and it's a wonderful album to boot.
George Sansome & Matt Quinn kickstart their new duo with Sheffield Park, an album on which they wear their love of traditional folk songs firmly on their sleeves.
Explore Eliza Carthy's No Wasted Joy, a raw folk album with powerful vocals and fiddle, released to accompany her must-see solo tour with Jennifer Reid, currently underway.
'I Am a Youth That's Inclined to Ramble' is a tantalisingly brief meetup between two musicians who, we hope, will do more together.
The third album from Claire Hastings finds her in maternal mode, combining traditional material and original tracks in an evocative manner.
Jake Blount's latest single, 'The Man Was Burning', crackles and burns as the singer reinvents an old spiritual to take on the modern rich.
Stolen from God, a new song cycle from Reg Meuross, marks the culmination of four years digging into the hellish history of the Atlantic Slave Trade.